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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Aberdeen, SD

July 31, 2008Corson County, South Dakota

NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2008, 12:49 AM MDT for Corson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 31, 2008, 12:49 AM MDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2008, 1:45 AM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Aberdeen, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Corson County, SD

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 31, 12:23 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 30, 2:41 PM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 2:41 PM MDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Lyman	64 min
Jul 30, 6:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	25 min
Jul 30, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	45 min
Jul 30, 6:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABR	Lyman	88 min
Jul 30, 6:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABR	Lyman	25 min
Jul 31, 1:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Campbell, Corson	22 min
Jul 31, 2:03 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	McPherson	42 min
Jul 31, 2:15 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Corson	45 min
Jul 31, 2:37 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Edmunds, McPherson, Marshall	38 min
Jul 31, 3:10 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Marshall, Roberts	50 min
Jul 31, 3:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Brown, Day, Marshall, Spink	51 min
Jul 31, 3:52 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Clark, Codington, Day, Grant, Hamlin, Marshall and 2 more	53 min
Jul 31, 4:21 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Codington, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Roberts	39 min
Jul 31, 5:00 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABR	Deuel, Grant, Roberts	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.